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INDIAN BILLIONAIRE GAUTAM ADANI CHARGED IN U. S. FOR ALLEGED BRIBERY, FRAUD. (PHOTO).

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  Indian billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US for alleged bribery, fraud Gautam Adani, the chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, whose business empire extends from ports and airports to renewable energy,has been indicted in New York over an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud scheme, United States prosecutors have said. The authorities on Wednesday charged Adani and two other executives at Adani Green Energy, his nephew Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, with agreeing between 2020 and 2024 to pay more than $250m in bribes to Indian government officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts expected to yield $2bn in profits. Prosecutors said the renewable energy company also raised more than $3bn in loans and bonds during this period based on false and misleading statements. Shares of Adani Enterprises, the group's flagship firm, closed down 22% on Thursday. Other group firms also closed in the red. Adani Green Energy, which is the firm at the c
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A LADY PROPOSED TO A BRAZILIAN FEMALE ATHLETE,ON THE FIELDS OF RIO OLYMPIC 2016.{PHOTOS].

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                       A Brazilian women's rugby sevens player has become the first athlete to receive a marriage proposal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.25 years old Cerullo was a member of the Brazil squad who finished ninth in the inaugural Olymoic outing for sevens.After the medal ceremony following the first women's rugby sevens final in Olympic history on Monday had ended,Marjorie Enya,28 and a manager at Deodoro Stadium asked Cerullo to marry her.Speaking to BBC,Enya said she had not been nervous about popping the question so publicly to her partner of two years,insisting ''She is the love of my life''.More photos below.                                                                        
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LAGOS THREATENS TO CONFISCATE BUILDINGS USED AS HIDEOUTS BY CRIMINALS+SCALES UP ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTION,BAN ON STREET TRADING.

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                    The Lagos State Government today tuesday warned that any building used as hideouts by kidnappers,vandals and other criminal elements in any part of the State would henceforth be confiscated and ttaken over by government.The State Government,while vowing that it would henceforth scale up enforcement of restriction of commercial motorcycles,popularly called Okada,on certain routes and ban on street trading,said security agencies have been placed on red alert and that there shall no longer be any hiding place for criminal elements in any part of the State.RRising from the monthly State Security Council Meeting chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode,the government said it had resolved to henceforth embark on massive and aggressive confiscation of properties used as hideouts by criminal elements in the State.The State's Commissioner of Police,Mr Fatai Owoseni,who briefed journalists at the end of tthe meeting alongside heads of all security agencies in the State,said t
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THE OUTGOING VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA,VISITED PRESIDENT BUHARI TODAY AT THE STATE HOUSE.{PHOTOS}.

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                                                                          President Muhammadu Buhari today tuesday received the outgoing Vietnamese ambassador to Nigeria,Mr Hoang Hgoc Ho at the State House,Abuja.In the Picture below,R-L,Second Secretary of Socialist Republic of Vietnam,Mr vu Quan Thang,Nigeria's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,Hajiya Khadija Buka Abba Ibrahim,President Muhammadu Buhari,the outgoing Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,Mr Hoang Hgoc Ho and his wife Lady Thi Ihanh Yen,during a farewell audience at the State House in Abuja.More photos below.
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TODAY IS CHINA'S VALENTINES DAY ''QIXI''.{PHOTOS}

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                  Today tuesday 9th of August 2016,marks China's traditional Valentine;s day,known as Qixi.The occasion falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calender and is also known as the Chinese Double Seven Festival.A couple from central China's Hunan Province decided t spice up the day by taking their wedding to the extreme.In an attempt to test how solid their love is,the two decided to hold their ceremony hanging from a glass-bottomed bridge.The duo lied on a board suspended over a 180m-deep valley at the Shiniuzhai National Geopark in Pingjiang county,Hunan Province.Now that's a day they won't forget.More photos below.                                                                  
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LAGOS STATE COUNCIL OF OBAS & CHIEFS,PAID AMBODE A ''THANK YOU'' VISIT TODAY,FOR RESCUING ONIBA OF IBA.{PHOTOS}.

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               Traditional Rulers under the aegis of Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs today tuesday commended the efforts of the State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode and the security agencies on the successful rescue of the Oniba of Iba,Oba Horiola Oseni.The Oba of Lagos,HRM Rilwan Akiolu I,who led the traditional rulers to the Lagos House,Ikeja,said he and his colleagues were on a ''thank you'' visit to the Governor to commend him for the immense role he played towards the successful rescue of the Oniba of Iba.He said the efforts of the security agencies,coupled with the valuable information provided by Nigerians came in handy in the investigation process.''First of all we should thank God almighty for sparing our lives to enable us see today and bringing one of us back home,Oba Oniba who was kidnapped.We've come to say a big thank you to the Governor of Lagos State,the Commissioner of Police,DOC 81 Division,the SSS and all other security forces and the
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3 ARRESTED FOR IMPERSONATING EFCC ACTING CHAIRMAN,IBRAHIM MAGU.{PHOTO}.

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                       The Enugu Zonal office of the EFCC has arrested three persons: Chukwuma Charles Eze,Ogechii Emeka Okwuosa and Anokwuru Miriam Iheoma,{f} in a case of impersonation and attempt to obtain money by false pretences from the Anambra State Secretary to the Peoples Democratic Party {PDP},Hon Prince Casmir I.  Ajulu.The arrest of the trio came to the heels of a petition that a text message was purportedly sent on 26th March,2016 by the Acting Executive Chairman of EFCC,Ibrahim Magu to Ajulu's phone requesting him to send a list of names of House of Representatives designates that want their Certificate of Return for the last election held in Anambra State.Several subsequent messages from the two mobile numbers belonging to Glo and MTN network respectively demanded from the petitioner the sum of N16,0000,000.00 {Sixteen Million Naira Only} assuring him that the EFCC Chairman was in touch and working with the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC}
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EXCLUSIVE: MC MEYAGY,SPEAKS ABOUT HIS NEW SHOW TODAY ''KAROKE SPECIAL NIGHT''.{PHOTOS}.

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                    Nigerian Popular MC Meyagy {Smith Effiong},is putting together another interesting special karaoke session,for lovers of karaoke.During his interview He told me that the Karaoke ''Is an open night for anyone willing to compete for the winning price of an Android phone plus cash to go and not forgetting loads of free recharge cards!''.He further said ''With over 6,000 songs both Naija & foreign it tends to be a fun filled night''. Date: August 25th Venue: INTRO LOUNGE,26 Oba Akran avenue Time: 6pm. One more photo below.
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INDIA ''IRON LADY'' BROKE HER 16 YEARS FAST TODAY,BUT VOWED TO RUN FOR A POLITICAL POST.{PHOTOS}.

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                     According to The Telegragh,the world's longest hunger strike came to an end today tuesday,as an activist dubbed as India's ''Iron Lady'',broke her 16 year fast but vowed to continue fighting alleged army brutalities by running for political office.Irom Sharmila had not taken food or drink by mouth since November 2000,instead fed through a plastic tube in her nose.She became the figurehead of protests against a controversial law that gives Indian soldiers sweeping powers to shoot-on-sight in ''troubled '' parts of the country,such as her native northeastern state of Manipur.Critics of the law say it is used to cover up massive human rights abuses in Msnipur,which has suffered a decades-long armed insurgency fighting for independence from India.But Ms Sharmila decided to end her record-breaking defiance on tuesday,admiting it would not succeed in forcing India's government to revoke the Armed Forces {Special Powers} Act. S
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